Tuesday, September 3, 2019

New York Yankees pound the Texas Rangers


The New York Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.  The game took place at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York and the final score was 10-1.  James Paxton started for the Yankees and he pitched great and Gary Sanchez led the offense with a couple of homeruns. 

Paxton pitched seven innings giving up a hit and no runs with a walk and 12 strikeouts.  Paxton won his 12th game of the season.  Jonathan Loaisiga pitched two innings giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout. 

Edinson Volquez pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a walk and he took his first loss of the season.  Ariel Jurado pitched four innings giving up seven hits and five runs with three strikeouts, Jonathan Hernandez pitched an inning giving up a hit and a run with a walk and a strikeout and Rafael Montero pitched an inning giving up a hit and two runs with a strikeout.  Jose Leclerc pitched an inning giving up a hit and he struck out two. 

DJ LeMahieu had a hit, Aaron Judge had a hit and drew a walk and Didi Gregorius had a hit and three RBI.  Sanchez had two hits and three RBI, Edwin Encarnacion had two hits and two RBI and Brett Gardner had a hit and two RBI.  Luke Voit had a hit and drew a walk, Tyler Wade had two hits and Sanchez hit at wo homeruns.  Gregorius, Gardner and Encarnacion each hit a homerun.  The Yankees were 1-2 with runners in scoring position and left three men on base. 

Scott Heineman had a hit and an RBI, Willie Calhoun had a hit and drew a walk and Isiah Kiner-Falefa had a hit and drew a walk.  Heineman hit a homerun and the Rangers left three men on base.  Trevino had a passed ball. 

In the first Sanchez hit a two-run homerun to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.  In the sixth Gregorius hit a three-run homerun immediately followed by a solo homerun from Sanchez to push the Yankees lead to 6-0.  Gardner hit a two-run homerun a couple of batters later and it was 8-0.  In the seventh Encarnacion hit a two-run homerun making it 10-0.  In the ninth Heineman hit a solo homerun to cut the lead to 10-1 and that would be the final score. 

The rubber game of the three-game series will be on Wednesday night. 

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